By Dominique Dalais
08-Dec-21
08-Dec-21
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In part one of his interview with TIE, Dominique talks about his background as a teacher of color and what motivated him to start taking action around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice issues. ..more |
By Michaela Johnson, Grade 12
08-Dec-21
08-Dec-21
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In this video, Michaela Johnson, a Grade 12 student at The International School of Zug and Luzern, speaks on her experiences with racism in life and school. ..more |
By ACS Press Office
24-Nov-21
24-Nov-21
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Students of all ages from ACS International School Egham have been “showing racism the red card” through a series of anti-racism awareness and fundraising activities. ..more |
By Nicholas Alchin
24-Nov-21
24-Nov-21
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The aim of our discussions should not be victory, but better understanding of other views. That’s the long-term work, the hard work. None of us have a monopoly on truth... ..more |
By Michael Thompson and Sidney Rose
24-Nov-21
24-Nov-21
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We’re a couple of “golden oldies” that are speaking up for many similarly experienced and skilled educators who because of their age find it more than difficult to secure meaningful work in today’s youth-orientated society ..more |
By Kim Cofino
10-Nov-21
10-Nov-21
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Women leaders share what’s different about a leadership interview (in particular a Head of School interview) than what we may be used to in terms of teaching middle level leadership. ..more |
By Ann Marie Christian
10-Nov-21
10-Nov-21
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Safeguarding and child protection awareness went global in 1989 with UNICEF Rights of the Child. However, it is not yet consistent across the world and children are still at risk of harm. ..more |
By Students at the International School of Luxembourg
10-Nov-21
10-Nov-21
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When incidents of racism and anti-Semitism happened in their school, the students at the International School of Luxembourg (ISL) took matters in their own hands. ..more |
By Matthew B. Dwyer
27-Oct-21
27-Oct-21
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Educators must push back against the focus on division. By asking the questions behind the question we focus on what unites us as humans. ..more |
By Dominique Dalais
27-Oct-21
27-Oct-21
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This second series explores how international schools, international organizations, and international recruitment agencies are making systemic changes with regards to racial equity. ..more |
By Alysa Perreras
13-Oct-21
13-Oct-21
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To engage with intersectionality in international schooling, to deeply examine how systems of oppression intersect to create disparate experiences for staff and students, can feel intimidating. ..more |
By Amanda Bates
13-Oct-21
13-Oct-21
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The Black Expat podcast, the Global Chatter, is an ongoing conversation that focuses on international mobility, identity, race, career, and more. ..more |
By Tanay Naik
29-Sep-21
29-Sep-21
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We take our status as international schools and assume that because we have diverse student populations that, that in and of itself, is enough. ..more |
By Kim Cofino
13-Oct-21
13-Oct-21
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If, a a woman, you feel isolated in your leadership journey, you’re not alone! Many aspiring women leaders feel exactly the same way. Trying to find a mentor isn’t always easy. ..more |
By Sinéad Fitzsimons
29-Sep-21
29-Sep-21
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The intersectionality of gender, sexuality, and power are often not incorporated into secondary or primary social studies curricula. ..more |
By Darnell Fine
15-Sep-21
15-Sep-21
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Much of what I write is a way of clarifying my own values and beliefs when it comes to language and literacy instruction in international schools ..more |
By Kim Cofino
15-Sep-21
15-Sep-21
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Experienced women in education described feeling some level of imposter syndrome. Even though they were accomplished and demonstrating their leadership, they still didn’t quite feel like leaders. ..more |
By Rama Ndiaye and Nayoung Weaver
15-Sep-21
15-Sep-21
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The Association of International Educators and Leaders of Color (AIELOC) organized its first-ever Summer Institute of five sessions in 2021. ..more |
By International School of Luxembourg (ISL)
15-Sep-21
15-Sep-21
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Students at ISL realize that racism and racial discrimination is still very much alive and engage in a frank and open discussion on race relations within their school. ..more |
By Emily Meadows, PhD
01-Sep-21
01-Sep-21
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Safe Space signs are used to signal that the room they adorn is a “safe space” for all people, particularly including LGBTQ+ folks. ..more |
Bradford Philen
01-Sep-21
01-Sep-21
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A moment of panic at home forces a teacher in Manila to reflect on the importance of rescue and recovery in the world of distance learning. ..more |
By Margaret Park
01-Sep-21
01-Sep-21
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Seoul of a Leader is committed to leadership development and equipping others to become stronger leaders who would make positive change in their spaces. ..more |
By Sherri Spelic
01-Sep-21
01-Sep-21
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“What’s the preparation [we] need?” is the question too rarely posed before school communities make a visible push for equity. ..more |
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Doline Ndorimana and Joel Jr Llaban join The International Educator’s editorial committee. ..more |
By Bridget McNamer
04-Aug-21
04-Aug-21
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The Sidecar Summit, a gathering of adventurous women leaders in preK-12 education. ..more |
By Jerome Lingo
04-Aug-21
04-Aug-21
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Sharing personal narratives raises awareness of the challenges many educators face and empowers us all to help each other do better. ..more |
By Kim Cofino
04-Aug-21
04-Aug-21
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When it comes to seeking leadership positions many of those traditional expectations are still prevalent in the international school circuit ..more |
By Jerrill M. Adams, Alan Kennedy, and Lavious Daniels
04-Aug-21
04-Aug-21
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AIELOC's webinar “Black Men in International Education,” presents a conversation with three black men who work internationally. ..more |
By Dr. Paul Richards
06-Jul-21
06-Jul-21
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I have taught critical race theory for the past ten years in three different overseas American schools, and that experience has solidified my unequivocal belief that teaching diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental ..more |
By Emily Meadows & Tamara Friedman
06-Jul-21
06-Jul-21
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We are white international educators showing up to do the work of whiteness accountability as one piece of anti-racism progress. Join us for summer reading and discussion! ..more |
By Leo Thompson
06-Jul-21
06-Jul-21
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Introducing an inclusive global citizenship model and linked resources to help busy educators and invite further discussion and impact. ..more |
By Emily Meadows & Tamara Friedman
22-Jun-21
22-Jun-21
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White international school educators are collaborating to cultivate antiracism accountability in our schools. We can only achieve racial equity and justice if we relentlessly hold one another accountable for collectively transferring our learning and commitments into action. ..more |
By Kelli Powling
22-Jun-21
22-Jun-21
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Not Light but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom by Matthew R. Kay is a critical read for any educator interested in building authentic classroom community and makes a particularly good text for study by a PLC. ..more |
By Kim Cofino
22-Jun-21
22-Jun-21
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The Head of School announcements every year reveal that top leadership positions at international schools often seem to be passed around within the same small circle of mostly white men ..more |
By Shwetanaga Chakrabarty
08-Jun-21
08-Jun-21
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Legalizing, institutionalizing, and legitimizing discrimination under the pretext of celebrating internationalism is a crime, writes the author. In her experience, as a woman of color, this crime was committed over and over until she lost her own voice. But not to worry--she found it again. ..more |
By Kimberly Cullen
25-May-21
25-May-21
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At two recent virtual gatherings of international educators, Kimberly Cullen and Debra Lane asked participants to describe the struggles that women leaders face in international K-12 schools and to identify what they are willing to start and stop doing to raise themselves and others up. ..more |
By Kim Cofino
25-May-21
25-May-21
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Many Women Who Lead interviewees spoke of a competitive and tense zero-sum atmosphere around female leadership positions, as if there’s a pie and everyone has to frantically grab a piece because it’s in danger of running out. Here's the thing: it is not a pie. ..more |
By Lindsay Kuhl, Jane Russell Valezy, & Esther Bettney
25-May-21
25-May-21
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Teachers everywhere have repeatedly faced new and ongoing challenges over the past year as we have transitioned through various forms of learning. We have tried to ensure that multilingual students' voices are heard and that we provide a variety of options so all students can succeed. ..more |
By Doline Ndorimana
12-May-21
12-May-21
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A scent is natural and emanates from the environment. A perfume, on the other hand, is an artificial overlay that tends to create a mood yet doesn't linger long. In my experience, DEI work can tend to function like a perfume. What's in the air at your school? ..more |
By Kimberly Cullen
27-Apr-21
27-Apr-21
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Worldwide, it is clear that “teaching is frequently a female profession with men in charge.” Kim Cullen and her colleague Debra Lane have been thinking, writing, and talking publicly about the many struggles that women leaders in international K-12 schools face. ..more |
By Alexandra Ritt Gustad & Esther Bettney
11-May-21
11-May-21
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Translanguaging is the adaptable way in which multilingual people use their languages to communicate. As the action and practice of using a person’s full linguistic repertoire to construct meaning, we should be deploying this approach more broadly with our students. ..more |
By Kim Cofino
27-Apr-21
27-Apr-21
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Better understanding both the stereotypes and expectations you may face as a woman in pursuing a leadership role, and having some strategies to deal with them, may help you feel more confident in taking the next steps towards your dream job. ..more |
By James Toney
27-Apr-21
27-Apr-21
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James Toney doesn't want to talk about Chauvin's trial. All the same, this Black educator with a Black son of his own has generously and at personal cost laid out some of the many reasons why he's not up for talking. Are you listening? ..more |
By Zenaida Cubbinz
13-Apr-21
13-Apr-21
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The practice of wearing a hijab and abaya at international schools is not always viewed as being in keeping with the school’s “international” image, according to Zenaida Cubbinz, who also notes that hijabis tend to be hired to teach very specific subjects. ..more |
By Kim Cofino
30-Mar-21
30-Mar-21
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Although we may have the perception that there are more women moving into leadership roles in recent years, the data shows that is not the case. Kim Cofino explores the roots of this ongoing problem in international schools around the world. ..more |
By Kelly Owens
30-Mar-21
30-Mar-21
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Service learning, according to Kelly Owens, is problematic in that it reinforces the “savior” mentality among students at international schools. A different approach, community-based engagement, shows them the importance of working together for the betterment of all. ..more |
By Lily Chang
30-Mar-21
30-Mar-21
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Lily Chang is wondering if the DEI movement is not perpetuating an Us vs. Them mentality. Is it not time, she argues, for us to move past skin color and simply discuss how we can all be more inclusive? ..more |
By Rama Ndiaye
15-Mar-21
15-Mar-21
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White people’s shame resilience can only strengthen if they are willing to move authentically through shame. This will happen when they hold each other accountable, break the barriers of white solidarity, and extend true empathy. ..more |
By Joel Jr. Llaban
03-Mar-21
03-Mar-21
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Courageous conversations centered on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice may initially ignite denial about the different forms of oppression that are perpetuated in the international school sector, writes Joel Jr. Llaban. But what we need is to sustain that courage over time. ..more |
By Ruth Poulsen
03-Mar-21
03-Mar-21
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"These are international school teachers! They’ve lived all over the world—they're my people; they’re not supposed to be racist..." Ruth Poulsen considers the line between culture shock and racism, suggesting we ask four reflective questions and take up an additive lens. ..more |
By Kim Cofino
03-Mar-21
03-Mar-21
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Women in leadership positions often appear to have advanced steadily with intention along a clear path towards an ultimate goal. A dozen women leaders shared with Kim Cofino that the reality is often quite different. ..more |
By Danau Tanu
16-Feb-21
16-Feb-21
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“Racism” and “global citizenship” sound incompatible. This past year, however, we’ve been forced to acknowledge that systemic racism exists even within the international school ecosystem, where students unknowingly absorb the racial biases of a hidden curriculum. ..more |
By Nayoung Weaver
16-Feb-21
16-Feb-21
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Since international students are brought into tertiary education systems to diversify them, writes college counselor Nayoung Weaver, colleges should accordingly take responsibility and provide a supportive environment for these students rather than expect them to "orient." ..more |
By Richard Bampfylde
16-Feb-21
16-Feb-21
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The nearly 150-year-old British Quaker school in Mount Lebanon raised over US$130,000 since August 2020 from 175 donors to support school families with tuition fee payments and for those directly affected by August 4th explosion. ..more |
By Kim Cofino
02-Feb-21
02-Feb-21
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We often view our leaders as having carefully crafted their careers from the outset. But there are as many paths to leadership as there are leaders. Each journey is unique, and as polished and successful as we perceive women in leadership roles to be, they didn’t all start out that way. ..more |
David L. Di Maria Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland
16-Feb-21
16-Feb-21
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Associate Vice Provost for International Education at the University of Maryland feels that President Biden’s rollbacks on former President Trump’s travel restrictions signal new opportunities for international students. ..more |
By David Willows
02-Feb-21
02-Feb-21
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When Amanda Gorman stood at the podium on the Capitol steps a couple of weeks ago and recited her poem for the new president, the world was once again offered a lesson on why words do matter after all. ..more |
By Esther Bettney & Jon Nordmeyer
02-Feb-21
02-Feb-21
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In the past year, WIDA has partnered with a variety of researchers and practitioners to better understand how to support multilingual students, their teachers, and their schools in the midst of the ongoing COVID pandemic, and they have some ideas to share. ..more |
By Joel Jr. Llaban
02-Feb-21
02-Feb-21
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Joel Jr. Llaban shares an update on developments since a petition circulated recommending that all agencies and organizations involved in accrediting and evaluating international school quality worldwide include antiracism and antidiscrimination principles in their standards. ..more |
By Bridget McNamer
19-Jan-21
19-Jan-21
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Having coached over 30 women leaders in the past year as they’ve navigated the leadership search process, it strikes me that some of the same attributes that make so many women effective leaders stand as obstacles to their success in the search process. ..more |
By CMRubinWorld
19-Jan-21
19-Jan-21
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The Planet Classroom Network has launched its programming schedule with 28 cultural organizations committed to global programming. Young people from around the world played a significant role in conceptualizing, creating, & producing the network’s vision & programming. ..more |
By Jessica Huang
19-Jan-21
19-Jan-21
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International educators of color shoulder the added burden of having to explain their multi-layered and complex identities, according to Jessica Huang. Entering this field, she was unprepared for the amount of microaggressions she would face. ..more |
By Kenya J. Washington
19-Jan-21
19-Jan-21
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As mindful educators, we understand the power of modeling attributes related to inclusivity that we hope to see our students embrace. On-going reflection and action towards further inclusion is essential as we look to create a culturally inclusive environment. ..more |
By Mariana Castro and Christina Nelson
06-Jan-21
06-Jan-21
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Critical reflection among educators is a central aspect of the effort to engage in advocacy and in the fight for social justice in international schools. Transforming our schools into sites of belonging means analyzing ingrained norms and rooting out exclusionary practices. ..more |
By Justin Sheehan
06-Jan-21
06-Jan-21
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Unable to travel out of province due to the global pandemic, students and teachers at Dalian American International School developed a partnership with regional corporations in order to bring online learning opportunities to children in local communities. ..more |
By Priya Shah
06-Jan-21
06-Jan-21
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How do we create a group culture of “can do” math in a safe environment with ample support? This research adds to the growing body of work on the concept of mathematical resilience, taking a close look at case studies involving third culture kids and students with IEPs. ..more |
By Kim Cofino
06-Jan-21
06-Jan-21
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Many of us acknowledge that diversity in international schools is a foundational value. However, in practice, we rarely see that diversity reflected in our leadership positions. Kim Cofino has interviewed over 70 successful women in leadership and has come away with many insights. ..more |
